6/11/2023 0 Comments Mariner write reviews![]() I plan on taking lots of photos of the RS as well as specialty dining experiences. We didn’t purchase any internet packages, but have some free internet for D+ status. We usually book GS on Royal, but this trip is to officially kick off my retirement so wanted to do something a little more special. I’m looking forward to seeing what the RS experience is on an older ship/shorter itinerary. Yesterday was such a chill day that we just ended up by the pool and a return visit to Grill’s for some more seafood and a view of the ships sailing out. It’s cruise day! The weather is gorgeous today ☀️. After you scan the QR code you can choose your pick up time, with the earliest time being 10:30. You need to book prior to midnight the day before your cruise. There is a big sign in the hotel lobby with a QR code to scan. I signed us up already for the shuttle to the pier Monday morning. ![]() Tomorrow is a chill day, shifting some of the contents of our luggage around, and sitting poolside. We decided on an early dinner at Grills, so dined on some excellent grilled cobia and watched a few ships sail out. If you’re not a science geek like me apologies for my fan girl mode here. I would have loved to see more Artemis stuff, but I guess we’ll just need to make another trip down. We were able to get pretty good seats for the ceremony, so we were able to see Roy Bridges and Mark Kelly inducted. I’m a newly retired (just since December!) public school educator, and when I found out the induction ceremony for the Astronaut Hall of Fame was happening today at the Kennedy Space Center the elementary educator science geek in me was like, omg I need to go. We’re trying to balance chill and active days on this trip, and today was our more active day. These are not the droids you’re looking for… So because it’s May the 4th these are coming with us. I also pre-booked the Taste of Royal lunch which is offered on the last sea day. So far we have Jamie’s Italian, Chops, Izumi hibachi, and will probably do Chef’s Table one night. ![]() We haven’t eaten in the MDR in a long time, so I won’t be reviewing the new menus. The suite concierge on Mariner contacted me about a week out, and has taken care of our specialty dining reservations. The only pre-booked restaurant we have is Flying Fish one night, and the rest will be eating and drinking our way around Epcot. Post cruise we’re moving over to the Riviera Resort in WDW (rented DVC points) for one chill/Disney Springs day and 2 days of the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival. I’ll be including reviews of the hotel and any restaurants we end up at pre-cruise. We’ve never stayed there before, but reviews looked decent. Today is travel day for us, flying into MCO and staying at the Homewood Suites in Cape Canaveral. We ended up with a RS on Mariner for the 5/8-5/12 sailing and added in some land vacation time on either end. Then in last August we received the dreaded email from Royal informing us that our sailings on Brilliance had been impacted by the ship moving out of Tampa. This was lifted and shifted to a B2B on the Brilliance out of Tampa for April 2022. Well, that was canceled, rebooked as Brilliance out of Tampa in our favorite corner aft GS for April school vacation 2021. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away (April 2020 to be exact) we were supposed to sail on Mariner of the Seas.
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